2025 Roth/Updike Conference

The 2025 Roth/Updike Conference was held at the Center for Jewish Center in New York City from October 19-22. Featuring a remarkable range of established and emergent scholars, the Conference celebrated the work, friendship, and rivalry of these two major American writers.

Conference Directors Aimee Pozorski and Adam Sexton

Reading and Discussion with Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Moderated by Steven Zipperstein and Aimee Pozorski

Michael Updike and Olga Karasik-Updike

A panel featuring Joey Ozias, James Carraghan, and Ira Nadel, charied by Bernard F. Rodgers Jr.

A panel featuring current Roth Society President Andy Connolly, Christopher Love, and former Roth Society President Matthew Shipe, chaired by Benjamin Seigle

A panel featuring Derek Graf, Louis Gordon, and Bretty Ashley Kaplan

Roth Scholar Miriam Jaffe